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July 2-28, 2018

Location

Brunnenburg Castle is situated in the province of South Tirol in northern Italy. It
graces a hillside near the mountain village of Dorf Tirol, with spectacular vistas
of the Adige Valley and the Italian Alps. South Tirol, which borders Austria and Switzerland,
is an area of both Germanic and Italian influences. The South Tirol or Alto Adige
province, together with the neighboring Trentino province, today forms an autonomous
region within Italy that enjoys a high degree of administrative and cultural independence
from Rome. Brunnenburg Castle, originally built about 1250, exists reconstructed today
as a viable working estate and vineyard. castleIt neighbors Schloß Tirol, the twelfth-century
castle which gave the region its name. The Counts of Tirol played a central role in
the history and development of all of Tirol. Today, both Brunnenburg and Schloß Tirol
are keepers of history, as well as centers of cultural and scholarly activity. Since
World War II, Brunnenburg has been the residence of the de Rachewiltz family, relatives
of the poet Ezra Pound, who also lived and wrote there. Pound's grandson, Dr. Siegfried
de Rachewiltz, is Director of both Brunnenburg and Schloss Tirol. An ethnologist with
degrees from Rutgers and Harvard, Dr. de Rachewiltz established a museum at Brunnenburg
dedicated to the ceremonial and agricultural life of South Tirol. Brunnenburg also
houses an extensive artifact collection from Africa, as well as a collection of some
of Pound’s original publications, papers, and personal items.